Ryu walked from the tent, trying to keep the sun out of his eyes.
"....hmmm...Cray. Where are we going today?" Ryu asked...he was getting tired of making all the decisions for them.
"I think we should head back to Astana. It was our closest lead to Elina that we have had in a long time. We should start back there." Cray told him, evenh though he knew that if the dragon didn't agree with him, then they wouldn't be heading there.
"I agree. That would be the best place to start up again." Ryu said while standing up and taking some of the rationed jerkey with him. "Ummmm...Cray, by any chance have you seen Nina around?"
"No Ryu...I haven't, should I tell her that you're looking for her." He smiled at him, showing his extended feline excisors.
"No thanks...by the way, today I feel like a swim. I would really appreciate it if you could keep all the others away from the pond we went by the other day by the tomb..."
"Sure...who knows...I might join you a little later. A swim sounds good."
"One more thing...have you seen Nina?" Ryu asked
"No...I haven't seen her all day. I was starting to worry, but I can't find Ursula or Ershin either. I guess they all went off together this morning."
"...hmmmm...Okay thanks Cray."
________________________________________________________________________
"It feels nice to finaly be able to relax...." Ryu said as he jumped into the pond. "Life without the others to complicate my life even further than it already is."
He let everything go and sunk to the bottom of the pond letting the water hold him at its will. The waves running over all his tires muscles, helping them to relax. He opened his eyes to see something that he wasn't expecting.
________________________________________________________________________
"Ershin....are you sure this is the way to the next town?"
"Ershin is sure...." Ershin said in her uncharacteristic monotone voice.
"Let us hope so. If you don't get us there Ershin I will make sure Deis will have a few new holes to look out of." Ursula said raising her gun.
"Ershin better check the map again..." Ershin said, obviously worried.
"Yes you should..."
________________________________________________________________________
No longer was Ryu floating underwater. Somehow he was now floating in some sort of throne room. Nothing was recognizable, but one thing...
"Fou-lu, why am I here."
"..heh..," a small smile spread across his face, "I am here to tell thee...and warn thee. I can see thy future and thy past. All that was and all that is to become of thee. What thee started this journey for will soon come to an end, but it will not end in the manner thee want. I warned thee." With that stated Fou-lu disappeared.
With Fou-lu gone, all that once was returned. Ryu found himself deep under the water, still sinking. He struggled to get to the surface, but was unable to. He realized he was to weak to make it back up, he didn't have enough air. He had been under the water for too long. His mind was starting to slip, not letting him move the way he needed to to. a darkness spreading across his eyes, blinding him and forcing him once again into unconciousness.
________________________________________________________________________
A cliff face overlooking Astana. There was a flash and the scenery spead past him only to stop in a building. Stone chairs seating all around and an altar in the center of the room. A red curtain draping the back wall. All of this looked familiar to him. The room building with Elina...He knew it. He knew what this vision was trying to tell him. Again the room spead past him in a flash, soon he was speeding down a hallway to an elivator and down the shaft. He came to rest in a cellar, monsters he saw everywere. There was no end to the disgust he felt staring at what seemed to be a giant organ in the middle of the room. But it ended as the room flashed from his sight again.
What he saw now was even less to his liking, a room full of beating organs, all seeming unnatural and strangely familiar to him, but the room was gone in an instant.
The new scenery was much more serene, just a basic hout stood in the center of a dark room, the lights in the house the only illumination. Ryu walked to the door and pushed it open, there he saw Elina. She was lieing there lifeless. Ryu turned to the movement he caught in the corner of his eye to see a second Elina. She walked closer to Ryu her eyes never leaving his until she droped to her knees and bowed th him.
"...Please...Ryu of the Yorae Dragon, please find the Dragon Slayer...and save me..."
"Yes, I have sworn to your sister...Please stand."
"Please swear to me. You will get the Dragon Slayer..."
"I will...Now stand."
"Thank you my lord..." She stood and looked into his eyes once more.
"I also ask of you, when the time comes, do what your heart, mind, and body is telling you. Don't let them suffer further from the acts."
"That I also promise..."
The vision was ending...the colors fading to grey.
"Please don't forget your pormises."
________________________________________________________________________
"RYU!" Cray was screaming at the half unconsious man laying on the shore of the pond.
"umgahuh..."Ryu gurgled, coughing up the liquid that filled his lungs.
"God...Ry you scared the shit outta me...You're lucky I did decide to join you or you would've ended up on the bottom of that pond for a long time"
"I need...a new sword." He looked into Cray's eyes and laughed.
Cray joined him with his own laughter.
"A new sword huh?"
________________________________________________________________________
"This is it!" Nina said as she took a dress from hanger
"Yes that would look very nice on you Nina." Urusla said.
"Ershin think so too, Nina."
"It will drive him crazy..." Nina said to herself, trying to think of the reaction that she would get from Ryu.
"I thought you said you were going to lay off of him."
"No, I said I would stop making advances on him. I never said I wouldn't find a way for him to make advances on me." Nina stated bluntly.
"Deis says that 'Nina is a true kings daugter, trying to find loop holes for every situation'" Ershin said.
"So what if I am. As long as it works."
________________________________________________________________________
"....hmmm...Cray. Where are we going today?" Ryu asked...he was getting tired of making all the decisions for them.
"I think we should head back to Astana. It was our closest lead to Elina that we have had in a long time. We should start back there." Cray told him, evenh though he knew that if the dragon didn't agree with him, then they wouldn't be heading there.
"I agree. That would be the best place to start up again." Ryu said while standing up and taking some of the rationed jerkey with him. "Ummmm...Cray, by any chance have you seen Nina around?"
"No Ryu...I haven't, should I tell her that you're looking for her." He smiled at him, showing his extended feline excisors.
"No thanks...by the way, today I feel like a swim. I would really appreciate it if you could keep all the others away from the pond we went by the other day by the tomb..."
"Sure...who knows...I might join you a little later. A swim sounds good."
"One more thing...have you seen Nina?" Ryu asked
"No...I haven't seen her all day. I was starting to worry, but I can't find Ursula or Ershin either. I guess they all went off together this morning."
"...hmmmm...Okay thanks Cray."
________________________________________________________________________
"It feels nice to finaly be able to relax...." Ryu said as he jumped into the pond. "Life without the others to complicate my life even further than it already is."
He let everything go and sunk to the bottom of the pond letting the water hold him at its will. The waves running over all his tires muscles, helping them to relax. He opened his eyes to see something that he wasn't expecting.
________________________________________________________________________
"Ershin....are you sure this is the way to the next town?"
"Ershin is sure...." Ershin said in her uncharacteristic monotone voice.
"Let us hope so. If you don't get us there Ershin I will make sure Deis will have a few new holes to look out of." Ursula said raising her gun.
"Ershin better check the map again..." Ershin said, obviously worried.
"Yes you should..."
________________________________________________________________________
No longer was Ryu floating underwater. Somehow he was now floating in some sort of throne room. Nothing was recognizable, but one thing...
"Fou-lu, why am I here."
"..heh..," a small smile spread across his face, "I am here to tell thee...and warn thee. I can see thy future and thy past. All that was and all that is to become of thee. What thee started this journey for will soon come to an end, but it will not end in the manner thee want. I warned thee." With that stated Fou-lu disappeared.
With Fou-lu gone, all that once was returned. Ryu found himself deep under the water, still sinking. He struggled to get to the surface, but was unable to. He realized he was to weak to make it back up, he didn't have enough air. He had been under the water for too long. His mind was starting to slip, not letting him move the way he needed to to. a darkness spreading across his eyes, blinding him and forcing him once again into unconciousness.
________________________________________________________________________
A cliff face overlooking Astana. There was a flash and the scenery spead past him only to stop in a building. Stone chairs seating all around and an altar in the center of the room. A red curtain draping the back wall. All of this looked familiar to him. The room building with Elina...He knew it. He knew what this vision was trying to tell him. Again the room spead past him in a flash, soon he was speeding down a hallway to an elivator and down the shaft. He came to rest in a cellar, monsters he saw everywere. There was no end to the disgust he felt staring at what seemed to be a giant organ in the middle of the room. But it ended as the room flashed from his sight again.
What he saw now was even less to his liking, a room full of beating organs, all seeming unnatural and strangely familiar to him, but the room was gone in an instant.
The new scenery was much more serene, just a basic hout stood in the center of a dark room, the lights in the house the only illumination. Ryu walked to the door and pushed it open, there he saw Elina. She was lieing there lifeless. Ryu turned to the movement he caught in the corner of his eye to see a second Elina. She walked closer to Ryu her eyes never leaving his until she droped to her knees and bowed th him.
"...Please...Ryu of the Yorae Dragon, please find the Dragon Slayer...and save me..."
"Yes, I have sworn to your sister...Please stand."
"Please swear to me. You will get the Dragon Slayer..."
"I will...Now stand."
"Thank you my lord..." She stood and looked into his eyes once more.
"I also ask of you, when the time comes, do what your heart, mind, and body is telling you. Don't let them suffer further from the acts."
"That I also promise..."
The vision was ending...the colors fading to grey.
"Please don't forget your pormises."
________________________________________________________________________
"RYU!" Cray was screaming at the half unconsious man laying on the shore of the pond.
"umgahuh..."Ryu gurgled, coughing up the liquid that filled his lungs.
"God...Ry you scared the shit outta me...You're lucky I did decide to join you or you would've ended up on the bottom of that pond for a long time"
"I need...a new sword." He looked into Cray's eyes and laughed.
Cray joined him with his own laughter.
"A new sword huh?"
________________________________________________________________________
"This is it!" Nina said as she took a dress from hanger
"Yes that would look very nice on you Nina." Urusla said.
"Ershin think so too, Nina."
"It will drive him crazy..." Nina said to herself, trying to think of the reaction that she would get from Ryu.
"I thought you said you were going to lay off of him."
"No, I said I would stop making advances on him. I never said I wouldn't find a way for him to make advances on me." Nina stated bluntly.
"Deis says that 'Nina is a true kings daugter, trying to find loop holes for every situation'" Ershin said.
"So what if I am. As long as it works."
________________________________________________________________________